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.UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

CHARLES yBoren, or BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS, ASS'IGNORTO AUGUSTUS BROWN, OE SAME PLAGE.

`CIGLARETTE-MACHINE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 249,452, dated November 15, `1881. 4 l Application filed November 19, 1880. `(Model.)

To all whom it may concern t Beitknown that I, CHARLES BOYcE, of Boston, county of, Suffolk, State of Massachusetts,

have invent-ed a new and useful Improvement In this myimprovedmachine I take a piece of paper of the .Size` required, place it in the machine up to a gage, clamp `one edge ofthe with the necessary tobacco theV gatherer is closed to bring into compact cyllndricalshape the tobacco and paper outside of it, after which the` edges of the paper` are, overlapped and secured by gum or otherwise, the gatherer is permitted `to open, andthe nished cigarette is removed from the machine.

One especial feature of myinvention in cigarette-machines includes a `flexible metallic gatherer which, when opened or extended, receives the paper or tobacco within it, and which when subsequently closed brings the gatherer into` circular form, it wrapping the paper about the tobacco compressed and compacted byl bringing thelongitudinaledges ofthe gatherer` nearly in contact,jthe space left between the said edges beinglonly sufficient to enable the .paper to be lapped.1 3

f, (,)ther especial features of myinvcntion are hereinafter set fcrth and specified at the close of this description. e

lFigure l represents, in top or plan view, a

cigarette -machine centainin g my improve-` ments, themachine being entirely open. Fig. 21s an` end elevation thereof. e Fig. 3 is` a Nerticalcross-sectionaldetail,showing themachine entirelyopen tvith the paper laid thereon, ready to be clamped; Fig. 4-a like detail, showing.;` the paperclamped, the fillinghopper thrown up, and tobaccoplaced in thegatherer,` Fig.

5, a like detail, thefrllingfhopperhaving been thrown back' and the" compressor thrown for- Ward `.upon-.the tobacco 5` Fig, 6, `a like detail,

'n `5o showing thegatherernearlyclosedaboutthe" tobacco and paper; Fig. 7, a like detail with paper, bend the, paper down into a flexible` gatherer, and when the paper has been supplied l the lever for moving the gatherer partially turned back; Fig. 8, alike detail with the edgelapping slide pushed forward; Fig. 9, detail of a modified form of gatherenlocking device, and Fig. l0 a detail to be referred to.

The frame-Work of .the machine is lettered A. The edgelapping slide a held` at its ends in guideways of the frame-work has at its front end a gage, af, .for one edge of the paper 6o b to form the wrapping for the cigarette, and in front of the gage it-has a rest or supporting ledge, a2, for that end of the paper which is to` be held while its other end is being wrapped' about the tobacco. The edge-lappingslide has a projection, a3, by which to operateit by hand. Adjusting-screws a4 regulate the extent of the backward movement of this slide. t

At the front Side of the upright plate A2,

forming part of the frame-work, I have t at 7o tached, as herein shown, bysuitablerivets, 2,

- one longitudinal edge ofthe gatherer b2, it being composed of a thin metallic plate, prefera# e bly of spring-steel of about three one-thousandths of an inch thick. The small ends of the rivets, after being extended through holes in the edge of the gatherer, will preferably extend through a smallstrip of thinmetal, which t serves as a Washer forthe Series of rivets.

The gatherer has attached to it, parallel with 8o and'at or nearl its other end, a bar, b3, of steel, preferably soldered to the gatherer. This bar, when4 the gatherer is in itsnormal position, as

in Figs. 3 to 5, rests on a shoulder, b4, (see Fig.

7,) made in thecross-bar c, having connected `with it a lever, c', by which to operate it, the saidcross-ba'r being supported atits opposite end upon the conical points of set-screws c2, supported by the frame-work. 'Theupright or vertical faces A3 ofthe frame-Work come sub- 9o stantially against and so as toformend Walls for the space otherwise bounded by the, gatherer, the tobacco, when` pressed or placed in the gatherer, resting against the said vertical faces 'A3, they serving as the faces against 95 which the ends of the cigarettes are formed and squared. As e the lever c is raisedrthe movement ofthe `cross-banc causesthe shouldergb"` to act on `the bar b3 and close thegatherer..

i .ePaper-holding damp d, made as crossbar' and having arms d', has itspivot d2 at the i Too rear side of the machine, a spring, d3, (see Fig. 2,) being connected therewith to hold the said clamp in either of its two extreme positions. (Sec Figs. 3 and 4.) This clamp has pivoted upon it, at c, the compressor e', which may be turned forward about its pivot, so as to press on the tobacco f, as in Fig. 5, or so as to rest upon the upper thin edge, 3, of the cross-bar c, the weight of the compressor being sntiicient to keep the tobacco down while the said edge 3 of the cross-bar travels in the arc of a circle toward the fixed edge ot the gatherer, it moving at such time in contact with the under side ot the compressor. At its upper end the compressor has a fastening device, represented as a spring-piece, 62,to lock over one edge ot' the" clamp-bar d, as in Fig. 4.

The illing-hopper g, herein shown as having but-one'side and two ends, is carried by the armsg, pivoted atg2 on the brackets g3. The compressor, pivotcd, as described, upon the clamp, when in the position Fig. 4,- constitutes oneside of the hopper.

Each lend of the steel bar b3 (see Fig. l0) is provided with a conical recess, h, to receive the yconical ends of the spring-held locking dcvices 7i', they being herein shown as headed pins' extended horizontally 'through holes in the vertical faces A3 before described. As the lever'c is lelevated `to enable the cross-barato 'close the gatherer, the heads of thcse'pins h are 'so pressed upon by the springs 'h2 carried by the said lever that when the conical recesses l1.' of the bar b3 come opposite the ends of the pins the latter enter the said rccessesand lock the bar in place,it at that time havingireaeh'ed its most forward position, as in Fig. 6, and the said pins-'act to hold the said bar in place and thegatherer closed about the tobacco and paper until, as the lever complet-es its downward movement, the springs hretire from contact withthe pins, or the forward bent ends of the said springs cease to press the pins into the said recesses, when the said bar, owing to the spring properties of the gatherer,the tendency ot' which is to resume the position Fig. 3, moves backward into the position Fig. 3, the pins h moving outward as soon as released bythe springs h2.

The longitudinal central position of the me- 'tallic gatherer is sustained bythe lower porproper timesk by catches t' pivoted at j and' pressed in one direction by-springs l.

Operation: Assuming the parts to'be as in Fig.. 3,- the paper wrapper b has oneV edge placed against the edge-gage, the clamp d is turned over upon the edge of the wrapper, then supported by the rest a2, and thclling-hopper is turned over into lposition, as in Fig. 4, when thetobaccof is placed in the hopper, and with a small stick or plunger, operated by hand, is

pushed down upon'the wrapper, crowding it I and the tobacco into the gatherer. In this condition of the parts (see Fig. 4) the lling-hopper is next turned back from above the gatherer, the compressor is turned forward, as in Fig. 5, the lever c is lifted, and the cross-bar c turned so that its edge 3 moves in the arc of a circle. The edge 3 in its movement travels in contact with the compressor, and the crossbar, at the same time acting against the bar b3 ofthe gatherer, causes it to be bent longitudinally from its position Fig. 5 into thc position Fig. G, when the ends of the bar b3 are locked, as described, the lever c is partially lowered,

and the clamp turned back, as in Fig. 7. Inl

this condition the edge ot' the paper wrapper previously held on the rest-or it may be the other edge ot' the wrapper, extended j ustfbeyond the front edge ot' bar bS--is suitably gum med or pasted, and the edge-lappin g slide -ais'moved forward to lap one edge ol?i the paper over the other edge, after which the gatherer may be opened by the further downward movementot' thelever, and the com pletedfcigarette removed.

Cigarettes made in this my machine are nished at their ends so that they do not need to be cut or trimmed, and the wrapper is stretched r`tightly about th-e tobacco pressed and com- -pacted solidly, the degree of such solidity de- `pendiug upon the amount of tobacco placed in the gatherer and held down by the compressor.

I claim- 1. In acigarette-making machine, the thin metallic flexible gatherer tixed at one edge and provided at its other or movable edge with a bar, b3, to stiften the gatherer, combined "with means to act -upon the said bar when the gatherer is open, and close the gatherer to compress the tobacco into cylindrical form, andfold about the tobacco a wrapper previously laid in -the gatherer, substantially ask described.

2. The thin metallic flexible gatherer fixed at one of its-longitudinal edges and provided the compressor to bear upon and retain the to- 'bacco in the gatherer while the bar b3, con- .nected` therewith, is being curved longitudinally, the said bar bsinl its movements working close to the compressor, all substantially as described.

4. In a cigarette-making machine, an edgegage 'to position and a clamp to hold one edge of the paper wrapper, and a thin sheet-metal gatherer adapted to be bent into tubular form substantially as described.

5. In a cigarette-making machine,a clamp for one edge of the paper wrapper, the 'thin metallic gatherer, and the crossbar providedb IOO IIO

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with` the thin edge 3, combined with a compressor to rest upon the tobacco whilethe said edge is being moved in the arc ot' a circle and the gatherer is being carried longitudinally into cylindrical form, substantially as described. i

6.- The thin metallic gatherer provided at one end witha bar, b3, and a cross-baror device tobendthc gatherer longitudinally into cylindrical form, combined with vertical faces A3, against which the ends ot1 the gatherer move, the said faces constituting the ends against `which the ends of the cigarette are formed, substantially as described.

7. The thin sheet-metal gatherer provided with bar b3 at one edge, and the clamp to hold the paper to be Wrapped about the tobacco, and the rest combined with locking devices, substantially such as described, to retain the gatherer in cylindrical form with its edges almost brought together, While the edges ofthe paper Wrapper are gummed or pasted and lapped, substantially as described.

8. Thethin sheet-metal gatherer and movable cross-bar to bend` it into and locking devices to hold it in cylindrical form, lto retain the Wrapper and tobacco in such form, com-` bined with an edge-lapping slide to lay one edge ofthe wrapper over upon its other edge, substantially as described..V

9. In a.cigarette-making.machine,a llinghopper and an open-sided thin' sheetmetal gathereradapted to receive and be bent into cylindrical form to compress the g tobacco into such form and turn a paper Wrapper aboutit, substantially as described.

10. An organized cigarette-makingmachine, it containing the following instrumentalities, viz: a'clamp for one edge of the paper wrapper, a filling-hopper, a thin sheet-metal gatherer adapted to be bentlongitudinally'into cylindricalforin to compress into such form the tobacco and fold the paper Wrapper about it, means to operate the sheetmetal gatherer, and an edge-lapping slide to lap one edge otf45 the paper Wrapper over upon its other` edge while the tobacco and Wrapper are held in cylindrical form by the gatherer, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in the presence of two subscribin g witnesses.V

CHARLES BOYGE.

Witnesses s' G. .W. GREGORY, ARTHUR REYNOLDS. 

